Terminal is a command-line terminal that will start the system default Shell,shell is a program that interprets and executes commands that are entered at the command line prompt.
Start terminal
1 in the application Search bar of the Panel home page, enter the command gnome-terminal select the terminal application.
2 Enter "Terminal" in the terminal input command gnome-terminal.
3 through the keyboard shortcuts (you need to set the shortcut key to run the terminal, usually set to ctrl+alt+t) into the "terminal."
4 Start the "terminal" by adding additional startup programs to enable it to boot.
Panel Home Search "terminal" application
Setup items for Terminals
The settings for the terminal include: Profile preferences and keyboard shortcuts settings. Select the Edit menu to enter the related settings.
Create a label page for a terminal
1 Create a new tab through the Ctrl+shift+t shortcut key.
2 Choose the "File" menu-> Select the "Open tabs" option.
3 in the terminal, click the right mouse button (or press the application key on the keyboard) and select the "Open tab" option.
Terminal default common shortcut keys
Shortcut keys
Describe
Ctrl+alt+t
Start terminal
F1 Open Help Guide
F10 Activate menu bar
F11 Full Screen switching
Alt+f Open the Files menu (file)
Alt+e Open the Edit menu
Alt+v Open the View menu
Alt+s Open the Search menu
Alt+t Open the Terminal menu (terminal)
Alt+h Open the Help menu
Ctrl+shift+c replication
Ctrl+shift+v paste
Ctrl+shift+t new Label page
Ctrl+shift+w Close tab page
Ctrl+shift+n New terminal window
Ctrl+shift+q Close terminal window
Ctrl+shift+pgup tab page Move left
CTRL+SHIFT+PGDN tab page Move right
Alt+n Switch to Nth tab (n=0...9)
Ctrl+pgup Switch to previous tab (page UP)
CTRL+PGDN Switch to next tab (PageDown)
CTRL+ALT+FN Switch to Character interface (n=1...6)
If you need to switch back to the graphical interface, you need to use CTRL+ALT+F7 or ALT+F7
ctrl+shift++ enlarge the window (including the font inside the window)
ctrl+-Abbreviations window (including fonts within the window)
ctrl+0 Ordinary Size (Arabic numerals 0)
Ctrl+d
Executing in a blank will end the current session (with the Exit command feature)
Ctrl+p Display previous History command (with up ARROW function)
CTRL + N
Show next History command (with down arrow function)
CTRL+R Reverse Search History command
Ctrl+o carriage return (with enter key function)
CTRL+J carriage return (with enter key function)
Ctrl+m carriage return (with enter key function)
CTRL + A
The cursor moves to the beginning of the line
Ctrl+e
The cursor moves to the end of the line
Ctrl+b
The cursor moves back one position (backward)
Ctrl+f
The cursor moves forward one position (forward)
Ctrl+left-arrow
The cursor moves to the beginning of the last word
Ctrl+right-arrow
The cursor moves to the suffix of the next word
Ctrl+t
Swap the character of the cursor position with the previous character
Ctrl+u cut all characters from the beginning of a line to a position before the cursor
Ctrl+k cut all characters from the cursor position to the end of the line
Ctrl+y paste Ctrl+u or ctrl+k cut content
Ctrl+h
Deletes the previous character of the cursor position (same backspace key function)
ctrl+* deletes the previous character of the cursor position (with Ctrl+h key combination function)
Ctrl+d
Deletes one character of the cursor position (same as delete key function)
Ctrl+w
Deletes the previous word at the cursor position (the same Alt+backspace key combination function)
ctrl+&
Restore Ctrl+h or ctrl+d or ctrl+w deleted content
Ctrl+l
Clears current screen content (with clear command function)
Ctrl+s
Pause Screen Output
Ctrl+q
Continue screen output
Small Tips
At the terminal window command prompt, all commands and tool names are displayed by pressing the TAB key two consecutive times, or by pressing the ESC key three times in a row, or by pressing the CTRL+I key combination.
The difference between Ubuntu system and CentOS system in terminal operation
Ubuntu
The system switches to the character interface: CTRL+ALT+FN (n=1...6); switch back to the graphical interface: Ctrl+alt+f7 or ALT+F7.
CentOS system switches to character interface: CTRL+ALT+FN (n=2...6); switch back to graphical interface: CTRL+ALT+F1 or ALT+F1.
Application key
Position on the keyboard right CTRL key to the left of the key, the function of the right mouse button.